Everyone driving electric cars----------what a joke.

I just read today that EV/hybrid-electric sales in the US are 2% of the total. According to Quartz, the average cost of a new car in June 2019 in the U.S. was $36,600. This was a 2% increase from the year before. However, according to data from Cox Automotive, the average cost of an electric vehicle decreased from $64,300 to $55,600. Too many EV's are produced as luxury vehicles which keeps the cost high. Yes, there are operating cost savings with an EV, but most people are looking at entry costs. If more EV competition develops, and EV's are designed with much lower costs, this will help critical mass. Today the two main issues are sticker-shock and making the paradigm shift to an EV...over time this will get better...

 

Just like alternative energy production, and now with EV's, there is no single-solution. Hopefully more people will get on board over time with the simple goal of trying to do better. But society and industry need to present all the options...

 

Yes...technology advancements will be slow but steady, and along with people learning more about EV's (paradigm shift), and hopefully costs averaging $30-$35K, with options for cars, SUV's and trucks, the EV expansion will do well...

 

Yes...shift happens!

EV's and hybrid-electrics are 2% of the US total so there's a long way to go. If technology and designs and prices appeal to the masses, EV has lots of room for growth.

Seems like science and logic today has taken a back seat to stupidity. We will kick and scream because collectively we are not capable of accepting science and logic and almost never regarding what's in the best interest of the nation?

Money, or potential profits, seems to drive most things today. As long as big money can be made with gas/oil, and as long as gas/oil sufficiently services the consumer, EV's will have an uphill battle...